necessariness

[Eng. nece ary; -ne .] The quality or state of being nece ary. něç-ěs-sar-ỹ, *nec-es-sar-ie, a . & s . [French néce aire , from Lat. nece arius=needful, from nece e unavoidable, nece ary; Sp. nece ario .] A. As adjective : 1. Inevitable, such as cannot be avoided; such as must come or be. "Death, a nece ary end, Will come when it will come." Shakesp.: Julius Cæsar, ii. 2. 2. Following as an unavoidable consequence or result; conclusive. 3. Indispensably requisite or needful; e ential; such as cannot be done without or dispensed with. "'Tis nece ary he should die." Shakesp.: Timon of Athens , iii. 5. 4. Acting from nece ity or fate; not free; as, a nece ary agent. ně-çěs-si-tāte, v. t. [Latin nece itas (gen it. nec e it at is )=nece ity.] 1. To make nece ary or indispensable; to render unavoidable. "This consequently nece itates the frequent use of a lower style." -Pope : Homer's Ody ey. (Post.) 2. To compel, to force, to constrain, to oblige. "The contrary to liberty is a person's being hindered or unable to conduct as he will, or being neces . sitated to do otherwise."-Edwards: On the Will , pt. i., § 5. †ně-çěs-si-tā-tion, s. [NECESSITATE.] The act of making nece ary or indispensable; compulsion; the state of being nece ary. "Free from nece itation, I say, no man can be."Hobbes: Of Liberty and Nece ity. *ně-çěs-sit-ěd, adj . [English nece it(y); -ed.] Compulsory. ( Nabbes : Hannibal and Scipio , p. 2.) *ně-çěs-si-tied, adj . [English nece ity: -ed.] Driven by want to; wanting; in want of; nece itous. "If her fortunes ever stood Nece itied to help." -Shakesp .: All's Well , v. 3. ně-çěs-si-to us, a. [Eng. nece it(y); -ous.] 1. In a state of need or want; pre ed with poverty. "They who were envied, found no satisfaction in what they were envied for, being poor and nece itous."-Clarendon: Civil War. 2. Narrow, pinched; as, nece itous circumstances. ně-çěs-si-to us-lý, adv . [Eng. nece itous; -ly.] In a nece itous manner; in need. ně-çěs-si-to us-ne , s . [Eng. nece itous; -ne .] The quality or state of being nece itous or in need; need, want, poverty, nece ity, nece itude. "Where there is want and nece itousne there will be quarreling."-Burnet: Theory of the Earth. ně-çěs-si-tūde, subst. [Latin nece itudo, from nece e nece ary.] 1. Nece itousne , need, want, poverty. "The mutual nece itudes of human nature nece arily maintain mutual offices between them."- Hale : Orig. of Mankind , p. 68. *2. Intimacy, close connection, alliance or relation. there is so "Between kings and their people great a nece itude." -Jeremy Taylor. nece ity